22 February 2012 Last updated at 15:45 GMT Share this page print A decision on the future of Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has been delayed by two weeks. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) had been expected to rule on his position on Wednesday. But the GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi said they had been unable to agree in the time available
Cote d’Ivoire coach Francois Zahoui’s two-year contract is fast elapsing and there are still no signs he will get an extension. After a flawless campaign from the group stage to the final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, the failure of the Elephants to win the tournament dragged the former Africa Sport manager’s hard labour into the mud and now it might cost him the job. Officials of the Ivorian FA (Fif) earlier commended the 49-year-old’s efforts at the showpiece and never brought up the issue of replacing the former Cote d’Ivoire international
Kagisho Dikgacoi, who has made the English Championship Team of the Week, is hoping South Africa can make ‘a new start’ under coach Pitso Mosimane in next week’s friendly against Senegal. The Crystal Palace midfielder is expected to be named in the squad to face The Teranga Lions at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium when it is announced on Thursday
Basel’s midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri after final team training Bayern Munich will face FC Basel on Wednesday in the Champions League last 16, first-leg tie, eager to avoid slipping on the same Swiss banana skin which toppled Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson’s team are now in the Europa League after their shock 2-1 defeat at St Jakob Park stadium in their final group stage game last December saw them dumped out of the competition. Basel coach Heiko Vogel, a self-confessed Bayern fan, is looking to give the Bavarians the same giant-killer treatment his team dished out to United with the return leg in Munich on March 13
22 February 2012 Last updated at 12:50 GMT Share this page print Esperance star Oussama Darragi is set to move to Swiss club FC Sion. The Tunisian international, who played a key role in his club’s African Champions League success, will join on a four-year contract, Sion say.
SPECIAL By Kent Mensah Asamoah Gyan’s sudden decision to quit international football a fortnight after the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations took many Ghana fans by surprise.
Cacau, Germany Stuttgart striker Cacau has admitted he does not yet know whether he will be called up to Joachim Low’s squad to face France next week, but remains confident that he will be nominated as part of Germany’s Euro 2012 team. The 30-year-old revealed he has not been in touch with Low regarding a place for the France friendly
Napoli’s Ezequiel Lavezzi (L) celebrates with Edinson Cavani after scoring Napoli piled the pressure on Andre Villas-Boas and put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 first leg victory over Chelsea at the San Paolo here on Tuesday.
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas (L) and Ramires during the Champions League match against Napoli The news John Terry could be out for six weeks due to the need for exploratory knee surgery means Chelsea will have to reorganise their defence, manager Andre Villas-Boas admits. Without Terry the back four the Chelsea defence — in particular centre-backs David Luiz and Gary Cahill — was a shambles in the 3-1 second round, first leg defeat to Napoli
WBO Africa lightweight champion Martin ‘Black Poison’ Haikali heads to Ghana looking for a repeat performance when he faces challenger Samuel Amoako at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. Haikali, who left for Accra yesterday, is poised to upstage the Ghanaian in his backyard for the second time following his split decision victory over Amoako on January 29 last year. Trainer Tobias Nashilongo and Sunshine Productions’ Malakia Elindi will be tasked with guiding the champion through the fight
